Countdown to zero: how can the UK meet its 2050 carbon targets?

Source: Tim Crocker

To have any chance of getting to net zero carbon by 2050, huge efforts will have to be made in reducing emissions from the built environment. Thomas Lane reports on the industry’s response to the challenge

Last week, Boris Johnson announced that the UK will cut its carbon emissions by 68% compared with 1990 levels before 2030. The UK was already committed to reducing carbon emissions to zero by 2050, with an interim target of 53%. In typically “we are better than the Europeans”, chest-thumping style, the UK target now bests the EU interim target of a 55% cut in emissions by the end of the decade.

Some scientists and green campaigners say that Johnson has not gone far enough, with Imperial College research finding that it was economically feasible to cut emissions by 72% by 2030.

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